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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-081D69
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy double-looped buckle frame (c. 1620-c. 1680).
One loop and the pin are missing.
The surviving trapezoidal loop is flat at the front and rear. At the front it is bevelled internally and externally.
The outside edge is pointed and there is a lobe at each corner. A notch as a pin rest is present on the upper face of the outside edge. The narrowed bar is sub-square in cross-section and at each end of the bar there is a small lobed knop
The frame is drab green with traces of a dark green patina.
Length: 23.0mm; width: 24.0mm; thickness: 3.1mm. Weight: 3.89g.
A similar buckle has been published and dated c. 1620-1680 AD (Whitehead 2003: 84, ref: 524).
Whitehead, R. 2003. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing. Witham.
Class: Double-looped
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1620
Date to: Circa AD 1680
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23 mm
Width: 24 mm
Thickness: 3.1 mm
Weight: 3.89 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 10th October 2018 - Wednesday 10th October 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2018-7-296
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 84, ref: 524 |
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